- 1truss somebody/something (up) to tie up someone's arms and legs so that they cannot move The guard had been gagged and trussed up.
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- 2truss something to tie the legs and wings of a chicken, etc. before it is cooked
truss
verbNAmE//trʌs//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they truss he / she / it trusses
past simple trussed
-ing form trussing
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